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Soldiers Say ISIS Is Weakening

Qayyarah, Iraq (CNN)The Iraqi Army Humvees barreled across the Nineveh province moonscape toward the town of Qayyarah, the next front line in the military quest to dislodge ISIS from the sprawling city of Mosul. ISIS tries to decrease the advancing soldiers' visibility by burning up oil tankers and flooding the air with smoke. But the troops pushed forward despite black apocalyptic skies, street after street of decimated buildings, torn electric cables whipping across the road, and hot searing winds. Now they're just a couple of kilometers away from the town center and about 60 kilometers from Mosul.